portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard* D9 [" b& v* y/ v6 k' m' _5 d
Jacques-Louis David
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This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.
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Like most of David's portraits of Napoleon, this was a propaganda piece. Napoleon actually crossed the Alps on a mule because mules have better balance and traction, are lower to the ground, and do better in cold weather.5 r/ A  {( K" F; Z0 h
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6 Q8 G. P- `& v& [" g8 t0 e* e' h[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
* ?0 h  P0 d% R# r4 Z 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含( }5 H/ R/ [  u6 a" L7 k( N; j
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

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+ F6 l& e& J2 d5 Z9 x$ wu are right , his food was poisoned by the british